†family Ellipsosmiliidae Alloiteau 1957 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae
Parent taxon: Archaeocoeniina according to L. Beauvais 1986
Sister taxon: Pinacophyllidae
Subtaxa: Duncanosmilia Macgeopsis Polystylidium Stereophyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Georgia (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences